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#shelfiesunday Happy Mother's day everyone! These skull bookends are one of the gifts my boys got me. I think it's safe to say you're a bit of a weirdo when this is what your kids think of when they think of you 😂 I absolutely love them though and they're perfect for my gothic/Edgar Allen Poe themed library.
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I‘d say Mothered is on par with Baby Teeth—it‘s a notch above average, but not without its issues. I love the conceit about an estranged mother and daughter forced to lock down together in the midst of a Covid-like pandemic. When Grace begins to have nightmares, Stage uses the sequences to great effect, blurring the line between reality and infusing the book with a sense of dread that puts the reader just as on edge as our protagonist.

Book 92📚 4⭐️

Such gripping characters in her pages!

The only way to describe this book is an intense fever dream.

Graces mom moves in with her at the start of the pandemic and as we all know, it went down hill from there. Way, way, down…🔪

An incisive and terrifying suspense story where the pandemic isn‘t even the scariest piece of the plot. Absolutely incredible.

The truth can‘t set you free … it‘s a glass cage.

God, I love her. The previous two were fine, but this is “Baby Teeth”-level good so far. 😈 #mothered #zojestage #localauthors #pittsburghlit

🎧 It begins with an author‘s note. Then you jump in not knowing what‘s happening. The dream sequences leave you thinking WWWTTTFFF 😆

Unreliable narrator? Pandemic. Schizophrenia? Quarantine, Grace is locked in with Jackie. Daughter & recently widowed mother in daughter‘s house.

Grace tells the story.

Grace left home at an early age to escape her dysfunctional family & the cruelties inflicted by her wheelchair confined twin.

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EEK! IT‘S HERE!😱🖤

After Baby Teeth, Stage is an all time favourite! 🦷

Now Available! 🥳🎉📚🙌
Mothered- Zoje Stage

Book Review- https://www.boleybooks.com//mothered/

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Snuck in my February First read in at the 11th hour. I‘ve heard a lot of creepy things about this one. #ScaryFebruary #Creep

I found the dream sequences to be a bit frustrating and confusing , that being said there were some really creepy parts in this book which I enjoyed they were unnerving in the best way. It just isn't one of those books that stayed with me once I was finished with it. Maybe I was expecting another Baby Teeth and this one just didn't hit the mark for me.

Oh my, this book is creepy good! If you liked Baby Teeth you will enjoy this one about Grace, whose aging mother moves in and chaos ensues! Grace‘s disabled twin, Hope died when they were younger and Grace still has nightmares. And the “nightmare” continues to its crazy conclusion! Need a palate-cleanser after this one!😱❤️

Happy to see this one as an Amazon First Reads choice this month!

Amazon First Reads FREE Kindle! Audible is $1.99. This is what I chose. What did you choose?

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It is the beginning of Covid19 in April 2020 and Grace and Jackie are living together. They‘ve never had a great relationship, and Grace likes her space, especially now that she‘s stuck at home during a pandemic. But living with Mother isn‘t for everyone. Good intentions turn bad soon after Jackie moves in. Grace starts having nightmares about her disabled twin sister, who died when they were kids.

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I have enjoyed other reads by this author, and this was so close to being a pick, but I was bothered by some of the choices the author made about a character with cerebral palsy.

The book reads like a mad fever dream once the action kicks off, and that coupled with the sense of dread of the pandemic and quarantine was extremely unnerving.

There are some unexpected twists and one hell of a crazy ending. 😁

Her books are so creepy. I still think about Baby Teeth a lot 👹